Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 177
177. Birmingham.- ad d r e s s p r e s e n t e d to co u n c i l l o r f.w.
da n i e l s to c o m m e m o r at e h i s e l e c t i o n to t h e Bi r m i n g h a m ci t y
co u n c i l, illuminated manuscript address, decorated in gold, green,
red, blue and other colours, 7pp. (4pp. with decorated borders),
watered silk decoration, bound in original morocco, gilt, hinges
and spine rubbed, g.e., by Worrall of Birmingham, 4to, 1923.
£150 - £200
178. George V (King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
1865-1935) au t h o r i s i n g a c o m m i s s i o n o f t h e pr e s i d e n t o f t h e
un i t e d stat e s a p p o i n t i n g Be r n a r d go t t l i e B c o n s u l at ha l i fa x,
no va sc o t i a, D.s. “George RI” & “Austen Chamberlain”, fold, 315
x 415mm., 25th November 1924. £100 - £150
179. Lloyd George (David, Prime Minister, 1863-1945)
ph o t o g r a p h p o rt r a i t s i g n e d, signed on mount, 152 x 102mm.,
framed and glazed, n.d. £80 - £120
180. Gunn (Florence M., of Elm Lodge, Rochester and later, 56
Abbey Road, fl. 1910-23) [fa m i ly h i s t o ry in r h y m e], autograph
manuscript, 175pp., numerous pen and ink illustrations, original
green morocco, sm. 4to, 1925-28; and a small quantity of others,
v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). £75 - £100
Lot 181
181. Walsh (Barbara, socialite, only daughter of Mrs A.W.
Webber, of Maidenhead, married Captain Leslie Hamilton RAF)
ph o t o g r a p h al B u m, photographs c. 320 on 45pp. (numerous others
loose), newspaper cuttings etc. 19pp., bound in full crushed and
polished green morocco, gilt and onlayed floral decoration, small
stain on upper cover, some slight rubbiung and fading, g.e., by J.C.
Vickery, Regent Street, oblong 4to, 19202 - 50s. £150 - £200
*** Barbara Webber was married three times. Her first husband
was Captain Leslie Hamilton who was killed in August 1927 while
trying to fly the Atlantic. Her portrait was painted by Sir Gerald
Kelly. The album includes numerous visits across England, France
and Africa.
182. Photographs, various, including: Ramsay MacDonald
holding a copy of the record of The King’s Speech delivered at the
opening of the Naval Conference in the House of Lords [1929];
the crash of the Hindenberg, evacuation of Dunkirk, review of the
fleet at Spithead [1953]; Mulberry Harbours etc., some newspaper
syndicated, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). £75 - £100
183. George V (King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
1865-1936) au t h o r i s i n g a c o m m i s i o n o f t h e us pr e s i d e n t
a p p o i n t i n g du d l e y c. dw y r e co n s u l in lo n d o n, D.s. “George RI”
& “John Simon”, printed document with manuscript insertions,
292 x 410mm., framed and glazed, 27th September 1934.
£100 - £150
184. Exposition de Bruxelles 1935.- Les Tramways Bruxellois,
original wrappers, 8vo, 1935; and 4 share certificates issued in
Belgium, including: “Éclarage Électrique de St. Pétersbourg, 1911,
v.s., v.d. (5 pieces). £75 - £100
185. Roosevelt (Franklin D.) ty p e d le t t e r s i g n e d to an t o n i o c.
go n z a l e s, am e r i c a n mi n i s t e r, ca r a c a s, 1p., sm. 4to, The White
House, Washington, 6th December 1939, thanking him for details
of an Italian aviation mission in Venezuela and regretting that he
cannot send a full time military attache, together with a portrait
framed and glazed; and another, Roosevelt, 1917, v.s. (2).
£100 - £150
186. McManus (George, American cartoonist, 1884-1954)
ca rt o o n o f a w o m a n, pen and ink sketch with inscription: “To
Althea Boxell”, on an album f., 2 punch holes in margin, small tear
repaired at head with tape, 114 x 163mm., 1st November 1946.
£60 - £80
187. Healey (Dennis) ca rt o o n s k e t c h o f ch u r c h i l l, pen and ink
cartoon, on House of Commons notepaper, 185 x 117mm., framed
and glazed, n.d. £80 - £120